Steve
Acker has been making music
and hits since his teens in Warren, Ohio.

Few areas of the country boasted a more
dynamic or more exciting popular music scene
throughout the 60's and 70's than Northeast
Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. The entire
Steel Valley between Cleveland and
Pittsburgh teemed with brilliant talent,
great bands, and hundreds of clubs and
concert venues for music fans of all ages.
Many of the rock era's most celebrated
musicians spent their formative years in
this area.

One of most popular area bands throughout
the 70's was Youngstown, Ohio's LAW. From the
band's first rehearsals it was clear that
LAW had a special chemistry and magic which
very quickly garnered them a regional
reputation as an exciting and original club
and concert attraction.

At the outset the band was determined to
perform original material with the goal of
securing a record contract. Even the cover
songs they did were performed in their own
original style. Within a year of their
formation LAW was opening for national acts
like Bob Seger, The Eagles, Edgar Winter's
White Trash and Alice Cooper. One notable
performance took place outdoors at Lake
Milton, Ohio before 5,000 fans. LAW not only
opened the star-studded program, but also
later performed as Chuck Berry's backup
band.

In 1975 LAW signed with Atlanta's GRC
Records and recorded its first album at the
label's studio. Produced by Miami's famed
Albert Brothers, the album was sweetened by
the Memphis Horns and contained several fine
tracks. One songóRonnie Lee's show opener
"Wake Up"--caught the attention of the Who's
Roger Daltrey. Daltrey and his manager Bill
Curbishly signed LAW to their production
company, put the band on tour with the Who,
and in turn signed the band to MCA Records.

During this period the band toured with
virtually every major act of the era.

Three albums later, in 1978, LAW called it a
day. Many people in the Steel Valley still
fondly remember LAW as an important part of
their youth in a different era, when great
regional rock bands reigned and their shows
were regarded as Events.

After
leaving the band and moving to Jackson, Mississippi to join his
family there, Steve began producing records for regional acts
and writing an entertainment column for a local weekly paper. In
1980 he wrote and produced a statewide hit record for
Mississippi State University titled "Bulldog Blitz." His eulogy
for John
Lennon was personally selected by Yoko Ono in '81 to appear in
the Spirit Foundation book, "A Tribute to John Lennon."

Enrolling in college for the
first time in '82, Steve soon landed a job with Mississippi's
largest ad agency as a copywriter and broadcast producer. At Godwin
Advertisinghe composed many popular jingles and created
numerous award-winning ad campaigns. He left Jackson in 1985
after graduation to serve as a creative director for a Nashville
advertising agency, where he remained for 12 years. During this
period his work earned numerous national creative awards. An
adult education program Steve created for Dollar General Stores
earned a Special Award from President Reagan and has, to date,
resulted in 1.5 million Dollar General customers earning their
GED Certificates or learning how to read.

RE-DISCOVERED: On August 31,
2007 Steve was re-discovered and contacted by a prominent New
York City producer and he re-entered the music business full
time as a staff writer and producer for The Studios @ SST in New
York. Steve now composes songs for other recording artists and
for films.
Steve has discovered a unique niche he is now in the process of
mining across the nation with his company (along with New York
executive producer John Hanti), University Jams.

Steve left Mississippi again in June 2009 to spend two years in
his native Ohio and returned to Nashville in 2010, where he now
resides.

ALL INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS by STEVE ACKER
EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE NOTED

SPECIAL THANKS TO JOHN HANTI / THE STUDIOS
AT SST
(New York City-Weehawken, NJ)
WHO HAS SERVED AS MY MENTOR AND THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF ALL THESE DEMOS
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